#D1AE42#D1AE42

#D1AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1AE42
RGB	rgb(209, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 1.15, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 57.97, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0018 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.13 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4162, 44.2232, 11.4550)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1AE42 #4265D1

analogous

#D16742 #D1AE42 #ACD142

triadic

#D1AE42 #42D1AE #AE42D1

tetradic

#D1AE42 #42D167 #4265D1 #D142AC

square

#D1AE42 #42D167 #4265D1 #D142AC

split-complementary

#D1AE42 #42ACD1 #6742D1

monochromatic

#7B641E #AC8C2A #D1AE42 #DDC373 #E9D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D1AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#D1AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1AE42

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1AE42	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3c57c',
    500: '#d1ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1ae42;
$custom-light: #e3c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76238,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1AE42

secondary

#99A8D6

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1AE42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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